451] ADULTERATION AND OLEOMARGARINE 2 2? 



alkalies as caustic soda, bicarbonate of soda, carbonate of 

 ammonia, etc. 1 When the manufacture of oleomargarine 

 was first begun, not only were there probably injurious 

 chemicals used in the deodorizing processes but oils were 

 used that were unfit for food. This statement 2 was posi- 

 tively made by Mr. Beran to Dr. E. H. Bartley. Mr. 

 Beran who had the contract for removing dead animals in 

 Brooklyn made oil from the top parts of horses' necks. 

 Some of these horses died of disease, others from acci- 

 dents. Some of the oil it was stated was sold to establish- 

 ments making oleomargarine. Before the New York Com- 

 mittee on Public Health 3 the charge that fats from dis- 

 eased animals were used in the manufacture of oleomar- 

 garine was very strenuously denied by the manufacturers 

 who claimed that a tainted smell could not be removed by 

 the deodorizing process. Whatever may have been the prac- 

 tice in the early history of oleomargarine manufacture, since 

 the enactment of the federal law of 1886, deleterious in- 

 gredients have not been used. Section 14 of this act re- 

 quires the Internal Revenue Commissioner to make analy- 

 ses of oleomargarine and ascertain whether its ingredients 

 are wholesome. The Commissioner of 1887 states in his 

 report that manufacturers " are earnestly endeavoring to 

 render their product not deleterious to the public health ".* 

 Concerning the comparative digestibility of fats, Prof. 

 Henry C. Sherman says the following : 5 



Concerning the comparative digestibility of fats, Prof. 



1 Second Annual Report of the New York State Dairy Commissioner, 

 p. 386. 



* Idem, p. 385. 



8 N. Y. Sen. Com. on Pub. Health, p. 91. 



* Report, p. cxl. 



8 Food Products, p. 389. 



